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VOLI XVT. 1CKENS, S. (., ill URSDAY, OCTOBEI 28, 1886.
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TIlE IISIlUENCV.
TAI.I IN VAMHIN(T''O.% OF 'I'Tin 't\II.
The iplortnre of .ewu )r n ui' rat,ih -
inent for Clte elauned The Iti abhlinuen. fur n
WVesterna Man.
(I.'ttcr t the 1' ih tlpiii Ti'm .) i
WAsi)iNoTON, October 20.-The return
of the President and inembers of the
Cabinet from their summer vacations has
been followed by a lively gatheriings of
Senators, llepresentativcs, 1)oit icians,
candidates in search of patronage ndii as
piralts in search of ollice. The civi,
aservice statutes have relieved the pres
sure for the places within the range of
the classified service. The.ank and file
of the old-time oflice-scckers ii search of
clorkships, therefore, are no lenger the
plague of official life. The returning
officials and politicians are making quite
a stir in political circles. They all have
much to say eonecrning the plans and
prospects of parties, having taken ad
vantage of their recent opportunities to
meet the leaders and mingling with the
peop)le.
The Republicans appear to bo most
activ. in speculating upon their future
movements. The number and variety
of the aspirants for Iational honors
alout a year and a half hence preventedl
an open field for half a dozen statesmen
and their friends. The lemecruts have
npt quite so much to say, as their choice
irom presenit appearanccs will settle
down to a renomnuation of the Presi
dent. There is some talk of a Carlisle
flurry from the South, but that is a
political chestnut which has run through
at lcat three quadrennial nominating
conventions. A few New Yorkers throw
out a hint occasionally about (lovernor
Hill, upon the grouncl of his ability to
carry that pivotal State.
NEW YO1IK's IMPoRTANCE.
The inportance of the Empir c State
in the political balance is adlnitted all
around. With its electoral vot ; the Re
pubhicans could elect their candidate and
win back the control of the xccutive
-branch of the government, without the
vote of Connecticat, tndiana or New
Jersey, or a single State south of Mason
and Dixon's line and the ()hi river.
They could also aftord to lose iIfornia
and Oregon. The loss of New 'ork to
the Democratic candidate wou'd leave
him eight electoral votes short after eiar
lying Indiana, New .J ersey, Coin iecticut,
California and Oregon. The eIpubli
cans could succeed wi:hOt New Y urk iy
earrying ln(diana and Co necicu et wlicli
would give one or with alilana aid New
Jersey would give ten nol:jority-. Th'!e
figures used as the b-ais of the mathe
matical calculations of politicians here in
computing the chteances of parties sl,w
that of the 2U2 electoral votes miseessary
to an election of a l're ident aud Vice.
President the l.epraulicaens hav seven
teen practically certain Northernii States
casting 174 votes. T'here Are 1ic doubt
ful Northern States, C'alifoiria, Connec
ticut, Indiana, New dersey di New 1
York, casting seventy-four voti ;. The
I)emocrats have sixteen certai ihoutlern
States with 153 certain electoral votes.
The3 perceive that the Relihlie:tns can
carry the next l'resilenry without New
York, but success there is indispensable
to the Democracy. (%arrying all the
doubtful States named without New
York would leave the D)enoeratie ticket
eleven short, or crryiig New York they
would still require the liteen votes of
Indiana or the combluined vote of Coil
necticut, six, and Newv Jermsey, inie, or
Connecticut, six, and Caiiifornia, sighlt.
It is observable in tile conve'trstin of
these returninig 1)01itical proph et s that
Democratic soutimienit throughout the
country is becoming reconciledi to the
superior sagacity of the President in his
efforts to elevate a D)emnocratic aidminis
tration above the old1 idea that the public
offices are the r.ewards of piolitical ser
vices, regardhless of every other- consid
oration.
Trim TA[LK AnioUT imbAiN,
Time friends of Mr. Blaine return withl
a fresh supplly of enthuisialsm over his
pirospiects, (sp)ecially since tihe election ini
Maine. They speak of hi- chances as
almost equali to ai iealizationi, andl refer
to the canvass ofi newsp,ap)ers frienidly to
his interests as coniclusive evidence to
thait etYect. An estimnate of s trengt.h
b)ased on thet expressedI preferences o?
the delegates to the recenit Republican
State Convetions ot ( )hiio, .1 ndiana,
Illinois, Michigan, WVisconsxin, Iowa,
Missouri anid Texas footed imp 2 14 for
Bliaine, li19 Logan, 71 Shlerman and 22
Allison. Notihog is said, however, of
those who did niot express theii' views,
which constituted abouit live:i xthus of
the whole number of delegates alttendin-.
those conlvenmtionis. (Ouit of about 3,000t
only 451i exp)ressed themselves. .It is1
claimned, hlowever, that. such figiurcs show
the (drift of 1publ ie senitimienit. A n inti
mato fi icnd of Mr-. Blaine-, who 11hi ein
in conferencee with hIiis manuaigers, says
that thileiStioni "pf is canidneyi wil
be determined later-ta i peronl
campa4ignl ill IMaine was morae for1 poi
tion.- It is hinted that sholl Mr'.
.Blame's friends, after a carotefuianvass
of the situation, conisidler his (eectin
doubtful ho wvill threw his strength for
Allisonu, of Iowa. It was his desire to
get Albison io the Garfield Cainmt.
But for theu comnl)icatjinS growing out
of the achon of th.e Iowa Rleplicani((s to
secure the attoreygeerlsip for WilI
son, of that State, Allison wvould imave
becen secretary of tile tr-suyinta- o
The friends of Scilator Slenl1 tl
of his chanices with noch(~ terman talk(
They have been in co)rre(spon >l1 ith
patrty mainagersu in almost every State
anId claim to be( reeiving imuch enclour.
agemeint. A3 500on as8 Coungr-ess mets
they expect to take upi his case s'ystemati
cally, with aL view to getting into the
flekt early. ihs grecatest trouble seems to
lie in his own State. Ex-(hovernior .Fos
ter- very recently reasserted his de(votien
to Blaine. If 1h0.sh ouhl take an~ o y0
part against Shtermn thiere may be ao
d ivided delegation, which hias ahl-ca
imipaired $Ilerman's OJTchce befor-e tw
conventions., Sherman's visit to Penn.
*sylvania during thea present mnonth asa
participant im tile oratorical felature of
the RenuibClc aivam poto t
lay the foundation of a vigorous boom at
the proper time.
LO(IAN'S CIANCEsH.
General Logan is expected hero early
next month. his chamlpiolns claim that
lis Pacific slope trip has added much
trengtl to his 1)OsitiOI as a candidate.
lIis action on the Paine investigation is
( aimed to have lost him friends in his
)a1ty in Ohio. It is not likely, however,
that ho would pick up any delegates
there, as I?laine and Sherman cover that
ground. There is much talk of Foraker
as a possible dark horse in event of an
irreconcilable contest between 3laine and
Sherman. The status of l lmunds is a
iatter of speculation. 'Ihe chances of
Iiarrison, of lndiana, are coupled with
the reult of his present Senatorial con
test.
Summiiing up the situation at this early
point of observatioin the sentiment of
l)ubhlicans is very generally in favor of
a W1'estern1 man at the head of the ticket
w\ith an Eastern man, some strong per
son from New York, for the second
place. Judging from the talk of politi
lians on both sides the meeting of Con
,ress will wiiness the lying of tth wires
for the picking up of delegates by the
lifferent aspirants for nomnation, so as
to enter the convention with as good a
showing as Iossilble. From present in
lications Jlaine's friends will control
the convention to a greater extent than
miy one candidate, but whether he can
3ontrol it as against the field may be
onsidered doubtful, after the experience
>f the mismanaged interests of the can
lidates in the field in 1881.
lANlOLPH.
"till LIST 1/1E(AIEFF'A E:KCAPEI.
lhorril,Ie Aeeounte of the 1'rieoner'w :onbdilion
in thte Rlberian Mline.
The New York Sun's St. Petersburg
orres)ondent telegraphs that he learns,
lespite oficial secrecy, that the police
imve received a full confirmation from
>ibcria of the reborted escape of M.
D)egaiefi, the famous Nihilist conspirator
vlo planned and assisted in the murder
af Lieutenant Colonel Sudelkin, the cheif
>f police, and one of his stnfl; nearly
:hree years ago. The police havo traced
I )egaiell to Geneva, and have vainly
ried to wheedle the Swiss government
nto extraditing him.
T'he police are getting nervous over
he frequent escapes from Siberia this
car. Tie few who have ventured to
eturn to St. Petersburg have been re
-aptured, but the majority have made
:heir way to Geneva and London, and
he Plotting against the government hais
,cen renew\ed with redoubled ferver.
imee June at least twenty Siberian pris
>n10e llLVO escap.d, including two caval
y ofllie's anid several students, some of a
hciium escaping b yv wa": of CUaiibodia.
I'lie precautions which are observed
liroughutit biberia are so stringent that
.ie goverinment is persuaded tha the
lpes could not have been eiected
vitiout connivance with the prison
)fliis.
So great a connotion has'beei caused
>y these repeated jail deliveries, tlht a
p)eial colission has been sent to Siberia
) iinquire into their causes, aid to re
)rganize the entire system of prison
ovcrnment. A number of high oflicials,
i)der whose charge the escaped prisoners
vere, have been suspended, and sonic 1
>iilcers, who were either criminally neg
igeint or else assisted in releasing the
)risoners, have been arrested and thrown
ito pison.
The refugees report that the Siberian
)risons amlt mines are crowded with ex
les. )isease is rampant., and scurvy is
specially severe. The mortality, they
ay, is frightful. The Nihilists are great
y excited and rejoiced over the many
~scapes, but declaro that they will not
~trike ainuntil they are sure of their
niark.
.M.)egaielf, alias tJablonski, the Ni
iihist, whose escape is related ab)ove, has
dan eventful and chleckeredl career.
tI.e had been identified with Nihilism for
man y years, but did not come p)romil
nent ly into notice unitil the murder of
General. Streinikoff at Odessa. For his
sonniectionu with this crime lie was trans
ported to Sib)eria, but escaped andl
returnjed to St. Petersburg. TIhere he
professed to have renounced N ihilisnm
and offeredl his services to Lieutenant
Diolonel Sudeikin, the chief of police for
the District of St. Petersb)urg, and soon
became is confid(ential spy. On the
might, of D)ecenl>er 18, 1883, i)e
gaiell~ was seated in a room with
Colonel Sudeikin and his nephew,
in assistant detective, when, at a
lignaLl from i)egaielf, the door was
aiddenly thrown open anid aL shot fired
it Colonel Sudeikin, wich was immedli
itely followed by a blow on the head
with a crowbar. Sudeikin seized two
heavy candllesticks andl managed to sc
veroly wound one of his a.ssailants hofore
hie was finally overcomo by the superi
3rity of numbers and stabbed to (deatil.
Meanwhile his nephew was struck down
md left on the floor mortally w unded.
D)egaiefh, with the assistance of the other
Nilhil ists, removed their wounded acecom
liee, and alil malIde their escape.
D egaieff made his way to GJeneuva anld
alterwm ard to London, where he0 initendled
to. enuihark for America. Hie was de
taid for somre reason, andl wheQn next
hear1d of had1( been capLltured on 1hussian
soil anid sentenced to Siberia for life.
Thle murder of Colonel Suideikin was
attribu)lted to revenge for the arrest of
M[Ime. Woelkenstein, who( went to St.
P'etersb)urg from Khiarkof for tihe par
pos of muardtering the Czar. Hecr arrest
was due to the energy of Colonel Sudoi
IIwl~ u It to ( icout thle lluetgiaagiu.
(C ~o; \<, (IIo 1111 0..A umnor was
Ilurret I ' tir! A nrchiI Sp ies~ and1
l'hI,ol 1had :ttehmptl suhieide ini their
cells. A reporter' hurried2 to I he Nih whlere
011ly hap I~~ py. Spijes (1( co l nt 1be up1
tile press5 of womlenl I 1 h>mdslme, st ylish,I
mnd repectable womenll tIooI-i bIt'him11.
P'arsons kelt lloof, an111 with hIis little
eeu ait lengthI. 1 le hinlghed when11 at last
lhe reporter galinedl his~:? a(lntion and i11(
formed1 hijm of the( rmnorI)t. "Whiy," h
5111.1 "you11 enn hear it always ini imll that2
floth1er Mr I. Spies 1nor myseff' will litempt ~
11uch a1 piece of nonlsense. As far I 11. mn11
p)ersonally conicernied I want to live to be'
11s old as Methuselahx, and, furthermore, I
dlon't want1l to swindle John Harper out of
his job. f,et me ac-y's, the hang man1
gets $W. However, set It dhOWn lhat I wIll
MAIIaIAGEs IN HIUII talFE.
8onle \talnble NVeddln;. y In the Early 1'ort of
the ('entury--aatrinontal (WnneetiofN or
\'neiington, Adn,nr and Jefferon.
(Ot h in ciacinnat lt'nquitr.)
Even our Presidents have poor luck
with their marriages. Washington mar
ried his a(lopted( daughter, who was
l.is wife's grandchild to 1' is own nephew,
and the last I heard of thema was the sale
to the government of some of Washing
ton's old furniture by the posterity.
John Adams had a daughter named
Abigail, who married a young revolu
tionary ollicer named Smith. In taking
care of Smith, who was but mediocre,
Adams incurred inny enmities.
The ladies may be further interested
in the subject of the marriages of im
portant )ople. Mr. .d eth'rson had very
interestiig danughters, and they married
Virginia politicians around him, to, very
little satisfaction in at least one case.
Maria, the best looking of these gi.ils,
died in 1801. 11er husband had bee:? a
sporting man and horseman, and it ap
pears that both the sons-in-law of Jefier
son required endorsements, etc., which
brought the old man's gray hairs down
to mendicancy, in addition to his own
financial errors.
Aaron Burr, on the other hand, had
one daughter, and she made a brilliant
marriage, but it was her father who in.
volvcd her and her hulsband in his un
scrupulous financial and political tricks,
ruined her husband, and when she em
barked from South Carolina with hr
child to seek her father," she met soie
where in this world an agonizing death.
It is a legend that pirates took the vessel
and made this brilliant young woman
and her child walk the plank. No evi
dence, however, exists on the subject,
except hearsay; at that time there were
privateers and pirates.
The most brilliant marriage cer niade
in the political circles of the country in
the times of Washington was that of Ann
Willing to William Birlghanl. They
married early in those days, especially
where there was money, and Ann Will
ing married at sixteen. IIcr husband
was descended from a (unaker black
smith, but his family had for our gen
erations made prosperous mlarriages, anld
during our revolutionary war the huts
band got out of the country and held a
position of h1al.f 3ritish, half American
consul in one of the West India islands
to which privateers rcsorted. .le came
home very rich, and received as well the 1
]tiugham noe icys, and lie choose the
daughter of Willing, who was presidcnt
of the lited States Baik, and business
partner of ol, rt Mori'. le Willing
were the tim t l 1pio 'U I'iiidelphist.
5ecretary .1':m i i d'(' h :l fr'ot one
.f tlhcm. 1r,.hl V i:iied in 1 blo 1I
he bride and ilhu went m ;'; rope
ld remined a.I iv .the
w'ere iltrodue;d aiat 'i court of tht
"rench king by Minister Ada , amid 1
the young man was greatly admired as
the first Americta ever scen tab)oad.
When he returned, at the commence
ment of Washington's admninistration,
they built the tinest house ever seen in 1
L'hiladelphia up to that time, and not
:xcellecd perhaps in the lre:ent daly. It
Was tilied with the best furniture to be I
m)t)uglt in France and the best pictures'
irom Italy. Along caiie young Baring,
he English banker, and saw .he daugI
er of this pair so superbly brought np
with a town house and country house,
md he married her; and the larger por
ion of the Bingham p)roperty, which
imounted to $1, 20)O), in moner, went t
-o swell the capital of the ]3arings. Time
)'olung mother, ho wever, having lost
ierself in rociety, caught cold in an im
iperfeet dress one night, and was seized i
with consuniption, and she died in the
West Indies at an early age. She ha a
ue fwhom great thim'gs was expect
3d, but along camne a dissolute French
olobleimn, without any standing or pro
priety, and he tempted this girl to go
mut with hin one night, and lie kept her
ut all nright, to the horror anmd wonder
af the towmn, and( then made a comlpro
mise with her parents whereby they gave
him money to scnd her home; shet wans
lhvorced by the Legislature, her father!
htaving become United States Senator,
rdso little was made of the matter b)y
the Baring faunily that site was solicite'd
in miarriage gy her brother-in-law Bar
ing, and after living witht him until his
decease she married another French
nobleman anid passed out of notice.
Presidentt Taylor's daughter ran away
with .Jel'erson D)avs. P.resident Mont
roe's dautghiter marr' a her coulsini, and
they have left some desenidanits at
Washitngton and some ini the State of
Maryland. Nellie Girant is tinw last
P~resident's daughtter to draw attenttien.
Shie saw a young, bright-faced English
man on a steamlsip antd fell in love with
him without mutch reason or inquest,
id lie tutrnedl out to be ap paren tly a
sort .of boys' companion, h ardl,y ever
lookmg upl to the (dignlity of acequtaint
snee with grown nien. iIe thterefore
seeks his leasure up in London, wheni
lie has any mioney to spend, and sihe
statys at home with her baby.
.Te matrriage of Bline's son1 is a tes
timony to the beauty, modesty aitd
swe etness of 31rs. Nev-ins, the mot'hter of
the bride, whlo has; been too much es-n
Veined ont aill the(se p)oinits for her dtugh
ter to pass into niotinmgniess. [In this
ease we kniow~ what the 1)0e nieatis w~hten
hie says:
A. thting of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will ntever'
Pass into nothingness, butt still will keep.
Au Aejuuli ti of urdera IDoes NotH 'tTrinl
fur .AiI aughter.
i'rTsitu a;, (October i:. Th.- Suipreu.
i4ounty3. 11ihuol bi d ben i ' el nid
withiut hiis eo;i l b i . a ; 'ini < i,l
heal alreiady bee ( !.e ti in jlLip \ I.
Court overrulil theII ple.t h i n e h
retsedh andh lie wats .-it at l:berly. tihm
qutently lie was arrestedd ti'do i co
vi(tedL in ai (harge oft itnvolunut'.ry imta
sl-mighter. lIen u asuiet first to pi 'lIn, bt
Judie hPaxin rendwered the decision of the
htigeir gr:nh- 11 did not prietlde (ihe Cun ini
wealth fromt trinilg iand conit ingi him of
thet le"er (crime, which i.s a miiidem',anor,
qunt ly have to serve out his termt.
(elery and 1(ranberr('Fies hatvei comeh, iandI
the obbe gobleof the t irkey la tordi
TIMILy 'T'AI.R F1/Rt FAltMEI,n .
G;reen F'ora);et' in Stprin u--Iliow to luunteret i
Leaohltng.
(From i e Atlanta Constitu(ti n.)
The hardier small grains, such as rye
and barley, may be sown during this and
the next month. ''hey are valuable as
soiling Crops in early spring; barley o
richer an(d more relished by stock, rye i
hardier ainl better adapted to poor land,
VIiere there is more rye than can be fed a
in its green state, it is cut and cured as ti
hay, provided it is cut before the heads
are out. It lecomes woody and hard i
soon after the heads form, and is then of I1
little value. Barley may be allowed to 11
ripeu, and be harvest%"l and fed liko
oats. 'T'here is a general impression that 1
the beard is in the way of doing thisb
but a gentlennu recently informed us m
that he has fed barley in the sheaf to hisi 1)
horses for twenty years without injury;
that somuetiines the beards collect le
tween the lips and jaws, but are easily M
renoved by the linger, and the animal j
su11iers no special inconlvenienlce. Wefr
aue also reliably informed that unthresL- ll
ed barley is ciite connonly fed to
horses in California. Where one ias
pretty good land, therefore, barley might c
be sown as a substitute for fall oats, i y
localities where the latter is very liable
to be winter killed. r
But our special object in calling at.teu- T
tion to these crops is to present, their fo
claims as means for p r(eserving t'ie for- p
tility of soils. In the first place, a very m
large portion of our lands are l ft bare of
through the winter, with nothing to pro
teet them from being washed away by m
lie heavy rains of that season. A grow
ing crop, (l)pecially one with noucrous
roots, tends to hold the soil lirm'lv. For
this reason alone, were there no other, it th
woull pay a farmer to sow from a half to
bu h'el to three pecks of rye per aCIV in
his cotton lields at the last ploullghiiig of
he crop. The rye, after having (1.one
its work of holding the soil, might be in
;razed, or cut in the spring for soiling mn
purposes, or mnight be plowed under to .1S
:nricl the soil. a
But there is anotlier very iiuortaut
York which a green, growing crop has to'th
>erform, which is not generally or fully m
Itpreciated. It. is a great aiiti-leacher;
t prevents the washing out of the avail
ble nitrogen in the soil by rain water. fo
.l'he ultiniate form whieh nitrogen as- ol
;umes in the soil is nitric acid tu( a U
ortis) and is found in combinatieon withll
otash, soda, lime, etc., forming salts if
uown as nitrates. Now all nitra ;es are
ollble in water, and besides are n It held
y rocks as phosphoric acid and potash be
ire. 'the nitra!es arc very easily washed C
r leached out. This is not. only catpable ha
of dckmonstrat ln inl a lal boatory, but
ua b,en alunhinc ii t! slwin by col.eeting m
he wat(r lioiii i derdains (tiles) ind li
.ayziig threai. It has been fontd that
hiere tha water cne trom tiles under a
aire, imaked picce of laud, the nitrates in th
t exceeded Iy a colsi derable <ptantity 1n
hat fromi tiles overlaid by a green, grow
ng crop. Te growing crop appropri
ted and held the nitrates-tlie bare soil
ct it go.
But this is not all. The frequent tl
dowinlg and stirring of the scil enicour
t es the fo"uation of nitrates-- ttie in
olllle, inlrt formiis df nit rogen in1 the
oil, are tlhereh)y changed into soluble
itrate. .ence in autlnnlll the soils of II
)mlr cotton lields are comparatively rich
n nitrates, and continue so unt il the
Vilit(r rin leaches them out. A cotton
iell is not only, therefore, most liable al
.o washing, but most exposed aiso to sp
;reatest leachiniig. Above other fieids SC
t needs the )rotection of a growing crop lit
lrough the winter and early spring. It sl
s not too late yet to give it this protee- gr
ion. Sow rye now, 1Lmd continue to il
ow, if nieeds be, till the first of . )ecem- fli
ecr. Sow southiern raised or home s
cud--that from th'e niorthweit will not th]
pive satisfactory results. Eveni it a field li
s intended for corn the next ye:a-, sow III
t ini rye now and turn it under niext Idi
prinig. .Farmers think it right to sowv st
md plow in pens for enriching land in a'
cuumner; let them try the same thing h<i
n'th rye ini winter, lIt will cost no moure, at
md pIrobaldy do more goodl. Pens ini- si
iease the suppldy of available nitrogen w
ni the soil; rye will hold that already mi
IreSenit anid pIrevent its loss. F.'ields cov-V
~red with winter grasses are ineithier i
vashied nor leached-they iincreaise in te
~ertility. Let us bring our suimmer cuil- ta
ivated lands as nearly as possib>le into w'
lie samle coniditioni by clothinig themif in mi
wsintei wvithlut carpet of green. w. 1. .1. 1
.i 4. ,r.e,ons? i a l nii i,einior Tait.r.
A young lady' who has just r(etirnied I e
romn a long westerni tripi suuys that the W
niost entertaining feature of the whole r(
Xclrion01 was L ord X, IL distinguiishied at
ldrl Engl islhuni, and his balby-blue I
iightgown. Lord( X traveled with a t4
'alet, of course, lie retired to bed on di
lie palace ear* <pite early, iand (very
iight withdrew tol the inasculiine pre d
erves at omie eind oif the car and had his ar
'ahet.i uidress hi n anmd rig hiim for the st.
uighit. W~hien all was done lie marched a
lown thIirough thle aisle to his sct ion at e
he other end( oIf the car magif iceintly Ii'
rrayed in a baiby-blue flhiinel night- m'
~owni that hiunig to his feet and( huad a ti
101aui tiu frill at thle neck. Uplon Is p<
ilnd was a whliite kit ted iiightcap, innd te
us ros)y counittnece and his yellow side thi
vhiiskers heclpe d, withI thle valet follow- di
iig behuiii with his lordship's day b1
lothies on his arm, to make uip a plictuare s
iever to be folrgotteni. th
I lis lordship's bathtub cameI with hiimj tI
dL the way fromi San F rancisco to Ne w ti
fork, bunt as to whether it was ever used ( m
>n the sleepinug-ear joullriny the U~oston
ly depoICset h malt. - Ihlston Record. m
e,uaI i \ o \ i :l,I ahll .-Th I
IIm i' ie .j Ion II fI he .\lIrlnl Tem!e
h i toVringI. lii lat t t0 dlegtjiet wenb
ierentor, andO iht Y. ntepoednsey
/?so:rent. l i ni .\hlistur s. o . W:ie,l Ii
liedu ie n'esela to oreraii o hac iuii
iiiiaIlhe re 5 oii e oteie molrniny tI ion fa
iils (Itohued h(iearnounner
Wesi ho rIngllow reoutn h wdl n( IL i
ihn- irouwlb and priopfrery Ifu frMiy
AN AI')Sl'A'E FOlt LOui;.
rooklyn'M ,Mnrrtetl 'rlest 'llII N by lie Ieft
the Churet.
(From the New York Star.)
The l1ev. Wn. J. Sherman, the priest
'led hook Point, whose marriage
ith Mis Tillie McCoy a short time
nec created such an excitement in 1o
an Cathtohc circles, yesterday received
reporter in the little house where he is
>w living with his wife, and for the first
1uo told how he was led to change his
pl)iiess hereafter for the enjoyment of
atrimony in the present. I)r. Shermait
is lost much of his priestly appeairancc.
is hair is longer and brushed straight;
from the forehead, his mtolbile lips are
adowed by a heavy moustache, and the
avity of thes piritual adviser his givel
tce to the frank, hearty manner of ro
ist yoath.
''I. left the Catholic Church because I
is in love,'' he said. '"I had known
iss McCoy for sixteen years, awd when
was a priest called on her often in a
iendly way. When I found that L loved
r 1 proposed to her. She ace pted me,
d we were married. I was not lruggei
madol drunk, but was married with my
'es wide open, andi have lived happily
th my wife ever since. After our mar
ige we went immediately to .Uoston on
ir loneymoon, and stayed there until
1y G, whent we came back to irooklyn
r a few days. I then took my wile to
tiladelphia, where I obtained employ
ant, through Councilman McCullough,
that city, as clerk iu the ( )hio Iail
ad otlice. We stayed there about. two
onths, boarding in the (irard house.
'At the end of the second mnonth I
ceived a letter from ty wife's uncle,
king me to return to Ihooklyn, as Ie
ought I. could do better there. We re
rued on the 28th of last month, and I
und that my wife's uncle wanted mne to
iand see a well-known p3tist clergy
in, wL(' he though it would I befriend
. I went to see the reverend gentle
in, and, after he heard ty story, he
ked me if .1 wouldn't like to joii the
Iptist Churchi. I tlid not anlswer this
testion for some time, until, in tact, 1
ought it over thoroughly. In the
antime, 1 mingled with PIapt ist peo
iiand went to their meeting.2, and the
nsetluence is thnt 1 aml notw studyiing
e the Baptist ministry and expect to be
llaied some11 tine in .Iihuma'y. Of
uIrse my plans are not delinite as vet,
d 1 have no secial church in view, Iut
I am accopted an1id ordainieI I will go
terever the conference decides to senti
:. A number of ot!o r people have
en after me to joiii the Itrlitn'lent
tholic Church, whatever tihi is, but I
ve finished with the Cathoilic ie.igien.
''how do my pe ople feel itn re:.nard to
yu marriage? Well, I haven't. bni
me since, butt .1 have seen my fathe"r,
d1 he is reconciled. Of coiutre sume
ttholics feel bitterly towi,id mte, but
ase threats of sliootiiig don't trottble
c in the lkast. 1 ant prfectly earle.s
id can dtei'l ny.l'. iinully 1 will
y that my niirriagi d' departu1(1)111-f te romt
e church vere cntirely my own doing,
d 110 one else lutdl unythiing to do with
em. 1 a1 reaiidy alone to otaid the
nye<duences, wh at ever they may he."
ItAP'tIl Itl\'.\i: hi It.t,..
me a TIrt.in TI'ieleId l listr tuired .%Ilt - nn
(1-' the Sain ir, ,:irc c , 1 ,t. ..)
When (icorge Stvensoi asserted his
ility to run passeiger coach's at a
ced of tiwelve to liftcnt ihi-s eln htur,
ieuitiig and practical menl det mted liiit
for a lunatic asyltu, bIt tine his
own that trains lay be ru itt it nmth
eater velocity without mtteriitlly uitl
g to the dangers of railway t ivet. Im
ght oif the fast extuIs o n the i'emut
ivantia railway is ia mairked exampleIt 44f
e piossibilities ini the wayi) of suin:Uinit
gli rates of speed. Tis r(nil inow ittins
e fastest train ini Amerien. Nine nini
ed anid twelve miiles, inicliudmig seven
:)ps, are accomphhlied in 2.) h Iors,
id the average titie is :t(;.:tJ tmile an
>ur'. A piortiont of the dhistante is runt
the rate of '75 iniles ati itn.itr. At a
ced oif (it miles an hou ti h Ile drtivintig
tels ot the locomuot ive oni b is Iraiin
ike 258) revolutions a mimiite. Wmt.
niderbilt's spurt of 81 miles int tu min
es on the New Yor iiC ent ral1 is dlaredii'i
be the htighe st i'ate of~ (ell hver t
iied in this cotr y, bt this spe1(4
15smnot ai surIprise to go)od enlgineer's,
tny of whomi tare firm int the beilief ttt
10) miles an hour will yettt b econi
ishedI on Ameiricani roads.
TIhtirty-one' years ago Colonel Ig tgs
ad a papher biefore the Ne w 'Yoik I anni
s' Club otn ''"Fuare 'Tiveing,"r itt
ineh lie exp4't.1''ed thlt blie till to rili
ad carIs coil bI e hitfely prop..-e by 1
samu at thie rite of :it00 miltes mii hour.
(1 sid: ''The 'npJerorit t,f htissia has;
ken the first gret stepi towant Iwhat I
em the uiltiimatum11 of ritlroilt Itravel.
stead of cuittinig whlat I call a motre
ill through tIll coutilr y toul go intg
ound everything itn thtt wiy for' a
fi miles from St. P'eter'sburtg lo Alos
w. Ito has madelt it til the' way 201(
4t widec, sot t hat thle eniginteter :ces
erythiung oin the road. IThis is part (If
e future -the railr'oad fromu ploint to4
e locotnot iv'es on wheelj of far grea14ter'
unteteir; the gau ge of 4 a rlitative
cad(th; the sigtnals imlIl t.hiu Itrf4ctly
Ltld; the roads;4 to btlh 1id.s duinig
a tranisit of trin is h aving thte gate' ol
1,veling 1001 miltes ian hiour, 'we shall
>tre safely trnav'el :80Jile a tn hour."
unt in loco,mtotives; is thatt of a FrenIh
ani enmg'ine wi it Ii all t s I a Partisi
ed, wecighs 12 tnns. I to divingi whet h;,
in minutmbe-, art' ti let 4,in dl4iaeWr t.
to cyliniders aret tid~te, with valve
xest otn the top. 1The dltimterIi of tacht
unider is 185 inche, andtti the lngthi ot
lie is httfot' highi speed, ando wil
try a pre'sure of 2111 pountlds to thIt
unlrte meh)1 abet he ' 1.t 1411iutmtipee, or aiu
silu ite pre.5surte (of 216 p'(4i14 .1
ide's enigine is d esign'd to run at thte
It i ;tha Itt th havr' nw mntonig the
'n' hus sa lt~tt.Iitt bru t broom. hits
wrte t hey have laiidI1 thiri pretty powi'.derec I
It is contjeturIed thatt thle retictace oif te
.ur I )epart'meat, i oiwintg to te faect thut
is wi';tring for ( 4"mlnhnilot reporttt on (Gen.
Iles,
A SAID COUliT S('E~NE.
TuA bit i coyt (I.'t Att Io ccu rn of Their Fanher-A
Thtrilinug Temperantce Lecture.
(Fr rn the I'hila'elphia Telegraph.)
''Ptttrick Collins."
A mnly little fellow of tivelve ycara,
with a round bright face and dark oyos,
andl dressed in a tneat Knickerboeker suit;
walLed erect nd rapidly toward tho
ceh'rk in the court of oyer tul terninor
in Jel-Ey City yesterday. Ie had his
lialld ont the BiIle, ntttl l)romised to tell
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth.
A inan of forty years, plainly but neat
ly attired, intently watched the child.
lie had shuddered when the name was
called by Prosecutor Winlield, and ner
vou ly stqueezed his black felt hat as the
child was sworn. An expression in which
almiration and fear were blended cane
over his face as his oyes noted the bright,
ready demeanor of the boy.
The s)ectttors looked on th3 scene
with wrapt attention, for they knew that
the boy was to tell how his mother was
unurtlered, and that the murderer, the
manlu, wsit his lather.
Jamet's Collins and his wife led a cat
aud-dog lifo for inany years. On May
17 last.- a Munlay-they quarreled. The
next. lllorning the wife was found in bed
dead, her nursing bab t at her side.
Forty w\'otuuds were counted by County
Ihysieian Converse on her body. rio
oecelrl(eic of that Munday were known
mn part to the two boys; fully, only to
the )risoier.
Tie )risoner's cutins'l ofl'ered a plea
of mniuslauhllter, which was refused. A
consutltation aml(l another long eonference
wvith .i uclge linitpl) and the prosecutor
follow-ed. lT'e coulsel for the defense
eviletlly dii not diesiro tto assulne the
risk of ia trial. They oli'red to plead
guilty to nuirder in tha' second degree.
.inh' pl'a was reluctantly accepted by the
eon rt, and the teused faintly but gladly
wllist)er1 'Yes'' when asked if he re
tratc'ted his len of not guilty. Thon
Colliti's son gave testimony to leterttmine
if tIn-re Were mitigating circumiistaices.
ee'sl wii liss hlad testified that )oth
hutsstll:nd andVifl' wveretquar'i-elsome.
Patrick did tnoiit realize tlat h' was
homieless aiid talnl>st itriendless, lntt fre
tlititnt v lo)kedi all'eetionately at ii:; fath
'r, and1 once siitiled in retrt n as a faint
sti ile of pride :t tlhe intelligence of his
luoV stole for :t muotment on the faicc of
til- fatle'. I'afiik did itt see the fatal
is..ait lt. lie left i is W retche1 11)10 at
it) o'el"oek oIl Snhtlay ni'orling b" cause
11 is Ithler titl his mot her hadl baeen
clrinking ;itl in feared trouttle. ie t re
m;uai:ed awalt tuntil S o'clock ithat niightt.
1':; tmoisteine,l IUs cliceks andl he
sobbedtIS s ie de:,-ril)d how on hiiS re
tutrnt Lw \\nt to hi:s maUUinm'S bed. Hie
thouught ihe wias :sls'e,. lie Wasthuu
hry,-:i lhook ht"r to aruise hetr aS he
a sk ld f' a slice of b,rtdl. lie could not
w\ake I-ir. at we it into Ilis father's
rool:. Iii; l al.' WIN is v auke and to1l him
'illun \as de:d.'' 'lihie child again
wsept when he' r'elattedl how, the night be
1ore, hiis noi ther hid Itried to push his
iither to\wn sitai's 1becatsio lie 'oultl not,
give her his witges; but the tetu': were
cltsedl away by ti.s wlen lie enimmer
".ted flt' arl' iles hi is lith Jar bought that
hta)t lIi igli for hiimt anI his brothers.
ltilit, his brotllel', 'ilo is a year
you tiger , was itlso called. 1'ike his broth
el', Al:arti H a1:s mtti attriact.ive face. ie is
of fiir ct:ul,pt'Xion, tutl hats baiue tyes,
It- sloatwll not the least lervousness or
fetir. I Ia s, meiimed' to aiitlte his father,
"i.tl i' i 0i51 1 tlo eas t ti'e bilanic on
lis teadl -in tltr. In hiis testiinolty he
toltl howv thit. Iuay miit,rninghis ntiothl- I
ligI tll, u itl in hii' tag ' b,ruke the stove
vith a iiluiiur'. hi ; set.t ln hifor
wIisky. tilttebrke dowii ats he said "y
Ilit't iui og .' i o e th e
Wa, lie t er abottl ofI wh41isky,wanty
lu i at th oitnl. the iihe oftetrned
hoi thn.l/hors I'Olti \iother, who
isghts n ~ iu:e it mt) Ilwrl wa11s oth g
I ressy wil r'letltat'ly 11 deite those il
liu hieho hio fahtwas, t it A he1
left t tn tand Iassed hlis fther,Il the
it'er lnut tred "t'od. less~t tou mytnh
Pa trua-ki I's baebll hat as the' weaon wsils.
wich 'the 'death blowtt wasil trombl "in
loiiet~ gle i e n'neti l
IThet L dIfendild-th : !biniitess a ritte
stemet. Sl'ily twas e-'e re eived an
its t 'shr bihoin. l tted herron.tet
d t,o 11 , dlathiton to om tlaof temudwo
hoyit lizz I l'roset.rl Wtidaeb, All
Ii gIid y anaebedt1)1 toee tonit nds ltht
I.h> lmve Ilgthenfi setioto iany ofstittroI.
the hoI that luintable omes miayi be
('ap iltl i t lot, Sn l b ig h t thip fro
thetardserae ed. I~'t'uat1n thle fore-s
"""Ilume uttidtbirted, aiudithehip, the
otrih. Suer Clied li a, wastoo f til herIlt
"er ev. J(h mornttting wakes folearvt tandt
lur~ihI i thte veassertlt begant Wlbo
thevely,at (Ifas1 putrhpk, und tr ils.I
I seaiut bei riough, whide lie wid
tltnt'd' h.v',t jui'is;li ut somaetwy af
\Vt 't r.L ta' th o appared lt. upth
IAPITAL PUIUISNMeNT IN cnA.
It Depend. Often on an Oee'e Whim, atl
May Be biet by Prmy.
(Ben Ton in the Columbia Jp i $.
In China capital imeOt Iea d
ponds upon the whimof the oo f
the law. Here is an instanoe: t C.
Ben, the Boar Admiral of the '
district, was passing up that ds*deli
ohancxd to overhear a quarrel
boatman and a soldier over tb
two cash-the price of feniag i
small stream. The Admiral EbO r "
situation.' The soldier had been'
over the stream, and then refused ti k
the poor ferryman. There was a
ple involved. A large number aab
d iers were looking on and apparently
enjoying the ferryman's rage at the les
of his wages. An example was needed,
and the "Groat Man," as his name signi
fies, who was incognito, being on a tour
of personal inspection, ordered the sol
dier beheaded, which was done on the
ipot. '
Willful murder, piracy and confirmed ..
thieves fall under the heedsman's axe, Ini '- ,
fanticide, however, is not included as
murder. The parent, by Chinese la, -
has the right of life over his own chil4
hence the practie of female infanticide.
Adultery falls under the life penalty at ~'
the will of the aggrieved party. Thus,.a
husband detoctin his wife in adultery
can go to the magistrate and demand the
eapital punisliment of one or both pr
ties to the crime, or he may take The 1
lives of the offenders himself and not be
amenable if he can prove the fact. I
however, he fails to substantiate the
crime alleged, he is held guilty of mur
der and punished accordingly.
Capital punishment can be met by
proxy ant the law be satisfied. it is not
uncommon, therefore, when a man of
money is sentenced to death, that he can,
by the use of money, secure a stay of
proceedings long enough to obtain a
substitute. This is done by making an
offer of one, two or more hundred
"tIels" (ounces of silver, about 1884
cets, our standard) for a substitute.
Some impecunious family, often having
200) or 30() male members, as the patri
auchal plan of domestic economy pre
vails, will agree among themselves that
they will furnish a substitute for the
profierd sum. Lot is then cast to de
termine the victim, and the (loomed man
accepts his fate with stoical indifference
upl)ont the ultra predestination theory that
his time has come, else the lot would not
have fallen to him individually. He ac
cordigly presents himself to the court,
anid the coivicted man dies by proxy,
while the family of the deceased enjoy
the proceeds of the arrangement.
't)ce1en of Nunr h um or.
A good story is told on a young recruit
who recently enlisted at Camp1 Hancock
near Atlanta. The young fellow 'oineci
the army while the country was
ening war with Mexico and he intended
to make a good soldier. One day he was
on guardl duty and was slowly stepping
along when an oflicer approached. After
the usual salute the oflicer said:
"Let me see your gun."
'le raw recruit handed over his
Springfield rifle and a pleased expression
stole over his face.
As the officer received the gun he said
in a tone of deepest disgust:
"You're a fine soldier! You've given
nl your gun, and now what are you go
ing to do?"
lie young Atlantian turned pale and
recachling for his hip pocket drew a big
Ax shooter and preparing for business
iaid in a voice that could not be misun
icrstood:
"Gimnne that gun or I'll blow a hole
Arough you in a pair 'r minutes!"
The officer instantly decided not to
'nmonkey" any further with the raw re
-uit, and the gun was promptly surren
Iered.
This story brings to mind one that is
old of a Confederate ~uard who was
>nceo en duty over in outhi Carolina.
\nu officer was discuseing war hnatters
ma1( remarked:
"You know your duty here, do you,
sontmnel?"
"Yes, sir."
''Well, now, supp)ose they should opa
mn you with shells anq musketry, what
would1 you do?"
"Form a line, sir!"
''What! one uuan formu a line?"
"Yes, sir; form a bee line for camp,
One day Beauregard, with several les
or blits, camne upon a sentinel who had
aiken. is gun entirely to pieces and was
reamsmg lock, stock and barrel. The
~rent general looked like a thunder
sloud, but neithier his flashing uniform
ior the scowl on his face had any effect
m the sentinel, who quietly proceeded
.0 rub a piece of his gun.
"Say,' remarked an officer, "that's
Becauregard there; lhe's a sort of a gon
n'al.
"All right," said the unabashed senti
el; "if he'll wait 'till I get this gun to
~ether I'll give him a sort of a.salute."
It Wa,. the Home Uuti
This world is full of queer things that
mfe never gets on to. Now, you can
uomie (down past a big boarding house in
the morning. A young fellow meets you
and hie's whistling about the nightingale
singing of you- of you, you know-and
you think how merry and free from care
he is. You hear a window open. You
don't puit the two things togethler at all,
but if you look up you'll see a girl wav
ing her handkerchief, and( yon 11 notice
if you look hack that the man has
stopped( whistling and is waving his hand
vigorously. Then you'll meet another
fellow. Heo's whistling a bit of "Ii
Trovatore" inl a careless, happy way.
You happen to ghmnce upl and you see a
girl waving her handkerchief, and he
Stops whist1ing and takes off' his hat,
throwing up a smile that goes up higher
thman the water from a fire engine. A
Iittle later you'll meet another man. He
hia a bad cough, a very bad cough, but
10 gets better, squints up skyward and
yaves his hand1(, and a girl drop)s a smile
iponi him. It's all the same girl, but the
noni don't know of one another's exist
nce, and some day there will be a fight
or all those men will give the signal at
lie same time and they'll find it out.
an rr.acisco Chronicle.
EClpa,nt.s have very g(ood meories;
Iey enn always remnemiber what is inthi
rmnks. Tlhmat is more thnn thn e ... ca